Blake Lively, Taylor Swift's “tense” friendship: Details in the middle of a lawsuit

On May 1st, Ryan Reynolds Halfed the beloved rock band Green Day with a warm speech about her musical effects on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. If the Dead Pool Star made his way to a few goals Taylor SwiftNFL star friend, Travis Kelcewho recently decided Reynolds on Instagram. The actor ignored the inquiries before finally going away.

Kelce's obvious social media -Snub is the latest development in the apparently deeper crack between Reynold's woman. Blake livelyAnd quickly, your long -standing beast. In December 2024, Lively she sued her It ends with us director Justin Baldoni About claims for sexual harassment; He countered Lively and Reynolds for defamation. Swift was dragged into the case when Baldoni claimed in court documents that LiveLy used her superstar buddy to persuade him to enable you to change screenplays in the film. Now Swift – who will be charged for the next March – thinks of lively distance. “Taylor and Blake have spoken, but it's tense,” says an insider and adds that they no longer speak regularly. “Your friendship is not what she used to be.”

Different pages

37 and Swift (35) have been nearby since 2015; Swift is a godmother of three of Lively's four children (she shares the daughters James (10, Inez, 8) and Betty (5) and son Olin (2) with Reynolds). Shortly after Kelce, also 35, entered the picture in July 2023, the two couples formed a close bond. Last summer, Lively and Reynolds, 48, Swift and Kelce joined the singer in the 17 -million dollar -Rhode Island House of the singer, and the four -person recorded a double date in the corner business in NYC in October 2024.

Swift's name has appeared repeatedly since Livive Legal Drama with Baldoni (41) began. In court documents, Baldoni claimed that during a meeting at Lively and Reynolds' NYC Penthouse with a rapidly present NYC Penthouse. In subsequent text messages, game of Thrones And called Swift one of her “dragons”. The insider says: “Taylor is very uncomfortable to be brought into the complaint. It is now a big deal. Your friendship with Blake is tense.” Add a second insider: “Taylor was shocked to be referred to work messages that were sent to Blake's director and sent to this topic in this way.”

They didn't speak for a while. “It needed space,” says a lively source and notices this Swift – who wrapped her wrapped Eras tour In December 2024 – “she tried to decompress and enjoy her free time.” (Swift has been low since Kelces Super Bowl loss of Kelces. On March 14th, they sneaked out in NYC for a quiet appointment in del Frisco's cooler grill Justin TimberlakeThe annual celebrity golf tournament. The couple was discovered in Philadelphia on Sunday, May 12th.) Adds the first insider: “Taylor does not want to be in the spotlight [right now]. “”

While the second insider realizes that Swift “does not worry about the preliminary loads”, she tries to control herself from the case of the headlines. (In addition to Swift, Reynolds' good friend and Deadpool against Wolverine Costar Hugh Jackman May be reported to be in charge.) “Taylor's biggest problem seems to protect itself emotionally and legally,” says the first insider. “She has always been someone who appreciates loyalty, and at the moment she navigates how to keep it and at the same time set limits in a complicated situation with high inserts.”

It was difficult for both women. “Blake was one of Taylor's closest friends, and every shift in a close bond is hurt,” says the insider, noting that Swift is less about trusting and more when it comes to not being unsure about everything that has happened. While the actress recently seemed to be in a good mood when she recently promoted another simple favor, the lively source says that she was still “destroyed by everything that has happened in the past two years, including the front and the effects of submitting the lawsuit”.

After the news was broken that Swift was charged, a representative of the Popstar's Baldoni lawyer hit her.

“Taylor Swift never stopped the set of this film, she was not involved in casting or creative decisions, she did not achieve the film, she never saw an editing or made notes about the film,” said the representative in a statement on Friday, May 9th. It ends with us At weeks after his public publication and traveled the biggest tour in history in 2023 and 2024. “

The statement continued: “The connection that Taylor had to this film allowed the use of a song 'My Tears Ricochet'. In view of the fact that her participation was to licensing a song for the film that 19 other artists also did, this document load is designed in such a way that it uses the name of Taylor Swift to arouse the public interest by bouling by boulevard by -Clickbait instead of concentrating on the facts of the case.

Make good

LiveLy apologized to Swift that she caused her unnecessary stress. “Taylor and Blake spoke and Blake have spoken [said she’s sorry]“, Says the first insider and notices that Swift does not keep a resentment.“ Taylor is very forgiving and in her eyes she still sees Blake as a friend. But the lawsuit is not yet complete and until it is determined, [things are] Difficult. “Lively tries to stay positive. She is confident that you will be as you were again in due course.”

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